Romans 14:4

Who are thou who criticizes the servant of another? To his own lord he stands or falls. And he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.

In Context

3The man who eats should not disdain the man who does not eat, and the man who does not eat should not criticize the man who eats, for God has received him.

5One man prefers one day above another, another man prefers every day. Let each man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

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Cross References

Psalms 17:5My steps have held fast to thy paths. My feet have not slipped.

Psalms 37:24Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for LORD upholds him with his hand.

Psalms 119:116Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live, and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

John 10:28And I give them eternal life, and they will, no, not perish into the age, and not any will snatch them out of my hand.

Romans 8:31What then will we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

Romans 11:23And also those, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

Matthew Henry on Romans 14:2-23

Exhortations to Candour; The Dominion of Christ. ( a. d. 58.) 1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. 2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. 3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him. 4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand. 5… Read the whole commentary →

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